The salad meal is the perfect solution to the summertime I don't wanna cook feeling. I'm not the only one who feels that way, right? It's too hot. It's too busy. It's too fun. I'd much rather get my salad on than spend a ton of time preparing a meal. This Asian Kale Salad is no poor ...
Dinner Recipes
30 Healthy Dinners You Can Make in 30 Minutes (or less!)
If you're anything like me, summer is the time when I least feel like cooking. Don't get me wrong. I love to cook. I'm sure you don't doubt that as I have a blog that is mostly recipes. But something about summer makes me want to spend less time in the kitchen and more time outside. Maybe it's ...
The Best Portobello Mushroom Burger with Chipotle Mayo
We occasionally go to this burger joint, EO Burger. I always get the Portobello Mushroom Burger and every time I order it, the cashier looks at me and says, "You know there's no meat on that burger, right?" Every. Single. Time. Apparently a lot of people order the Portobello Mushroom Burger ...
Easy Homemade Whole Wheat Pizza Crust + Spring Pizza Ideas
Today I'm on a mission. My mission is to convince you how easy it is to make a healthy, homemade, whole wheat pizza crust. I know what you're thinking. Easy is putting a pre-made crust into your grocery cart. Easy is opening a package and popping it into the oven. That's easy, Maryea. Okay, yes, ...
Quinoa and Sweet Potato Enchilada Pie
I sometimes look back at the time in my life when I only had to prepare meals for myself. I don't think I realized at the time that while cooking for one has its own set of challenges, only having to please yourself is a luxury. Those of you who don't have that luxury right now, imagine for a ...
25 Fresh, Clean Eating Recipes for Spring
Who's ready to dive face first into all the spring flavors? I know I am! So many great fruits and vegetables come into season in the spring. Make the most of it and make one of these seasonal, fresh meals! I've done the searching and scouring for you--just click away and find something that ...
Crockpot Vegan Coconut Curry Chickpea Lentil Soup
This Crockpot Vegan Coconut Curry Chickpea Lentil Soup is easy to prep and is a healthy, comforting soup!Marriage is all about compromise. I'm sure you've heard that phrase about a million times, especially if you are married. As cliche as it may be, it's true. You have to be able to bend and ...
Chicken Quinoa Soup
You know the old wive's tale that when you're sick you should eat chicken noodle soup? It's not actually an old wive's tale. It's totally true. There have been numerous studies since 2000 that have concluded that grandma's chicken noodle soup actually does help shorten the duration of a ...
30 Minute Skillet Spinach Lasagna
You thought lasagna could never be part of your weeknight dinner plan, didn't you? Get ready to welcome a healthy vegetarian lasagna to your weeknight dinner table, folks. This lasagna was actually ready in 27 minutes, start to finish, but 27 Minute Skillet Lasagna just didn't have the same ring ...
Sesame-Ginger Spaghetti Squash Bowl
One of my favorite food memories growing up is discovering spaghetti squash with my parents. We all felt similar excitement when we forked the cooked spaghetti-like strands from the squash shell. What a marvel! Back then, we mostly ate our spaghetti squash simply with butter, salt, and pepper. ...
Homemade Alphabet Vegetable Soup Recipe
This Homemade Alphabet Vegetable Soup Recipe is better than Campbell's and much healthier, too! Did you grow up with Campbell's Soup? I sure did. We always had a can of Campbell's in the pantry, ready to be poured into a pan along with some water. It was easy, that's for ...
Roasted Vegetable Brown Rice Risotto with Bacon and Kale
I'm not so stringent with my quest to eat a healthy diet that I have a set of rules I have to follow or I freak out. Eating a whole foods, unprocessed diet as much as I can is important to me. But it isn't everything, and even though I write this blog sharing my ideas, I'm not obsessed with it. ...
